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PLATE XCIV, 



FIG. I. 



RHAGIUM BIFASCIATUM.l 



coleoptera. 

 Rhagium*. 

 SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Thorax fpined. Shells olive brown, with three longitudinal ftripes, 

 and two yellow fpots on each. 



Fab. Spec. Inf. I. 23O. 4. 

 Suh. tt'iji. Inf. Tab. 5. fig. S. 



Linnaeus never defcribed this Infe<5r, or he would have placed it iri 

 the Cerambyx genus. Fabricius has defcribed it in his Species In- 

 feclorum under the fpecific name Bifafciatum; but he has feparated it 

 from the Linnsean genus, and given it the new generic title Rhagium : 

 the Cerambyx Inquifitor, C. Curfor and C. Noctis of Linnseus, our 

 prefent fpecies, and R. Ornatum, are the only Infecls Fabricius has 

 included in the new genus Rhagium. 



The Rhagium Bifafciatum is rare in this country; it is more fre- 

 quent in France and Germany. It is generally found in putrid fle£b. 



FIG. 



